Neighborhood - Washington Square West

Washington Square West

Philadelphia is known as The City of Neighborhoods, and within the downtown neighborhood of Center City is a section to the west of historic Washington Square, known as Washington Square West. WashWest, as it's sometimes called, is also known as Midtown Village.

Young professionals make up a large portion of those living here. Almost 60 percent of the population is between the ages of 18 and 34. A mixture of residential, commercial and service buildings line the streets of Washington Square West. Some of the buildings are as old the United States itself, and many, beautiful late Victorian-era row homes from the 1800s are still standing in this popular neighborhood.